England’s tour of Sri Lanka is still going ahead for now © Getty Images England’s tour of Sri Lanka will continue – for now, at least – after the latest round of Covid-19 tests showed no new positive results. The squad will hold their first training session of the tour in Hambantota on Wednesday afternoon,
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News Batsman hasn’t had four single-digit scores in a row since 2015, but Australia’s coach is not stressed From Australia’s point of view, now would be a good time for Steven Smith to find his hands for the second time this season. The last time he did, during a quarantine training session in Sydney during
Cricket Ireland is considering staging a home international series in England this summer, with a two-match T20I series against Pakistan the most likely option. Ireland have a packed home schedule in 2021 featuring 16 limited-overs fixtures. They will be unable to use one of their four home venues, with Clontarf unlikely to be ready to
News “I will keep playing as long as my mind and body are going well. I don’t know what awaits me.” Mashrafe Mortaza has left the fate of his international career to the national selectors, after he was omitted from the preliminary squad for the upcoming ODI series against West Indies, Bangladesh’s first international games
Jake Weatherald made a half-century © Getty Images Adelaide Strikers 5 for 171 (Weatherald 51, Imad 2-13) beat Melbourne Renegades 111 all out (Harvey 34, Siddle 3-16, Agar 3-23) by 60 runs Jake Weatherald‘s fastest half-century in the BBL from the middle order has helped the Adelaide Strikers return to form, as the Melbourne Renegades
Report Sri Lanka lose last six wickets for 35 runs before openers wrap up comfortable win South Africa 302 (Elgar 127, van der Dussen 67, V Fernando 5-101) and 67 for 0 (Markram 36*) beat Sri Lanka 157 (Perera 60, Nortje 6-56) and 211 (Karunaratne 103, Ngidi 4-44) Any momentum Sri Lanka had gained on
News For the first time ever the final of any domestic first-class tournament ended in a tie The Quaid-e-Azam trophy final, between Central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ended in a tie, not only for the first time ever in its 63-edition history but the first time ever in any domestic first-class tournament. Here’s a bite-sized
News “Kane is a freak, isn’t he? He’s amazing and will go down easily as New Zealand’s greatest.” Daryl Mitchell has described getting his maiden Test century as “surreal”, after he stroked 102 at his adopted hometown in Christchurch. New Zealand were 599 for 6 at tea and had a lead of 302, but the
News “He will be on oral medications and will be monitored by doctors and nurses on a daily basis at home” Sourav Ganguly will be discharged from Kolkata’s Woodlands Hospital, where he was admitted after complaining of chest pain and discomfort on January 2, on Wednesday. Hospital spokespersons have confirmed that blockage in his coronary
Moeen Ali tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving in Sri Lanka © AFP/Getty Images England’s touring party in Sri Lanka faces an anxious wait in their hotel rooms just as their preparations for the Test series should have begun in earnest. England were due to have their first training session of the tour in Hambantota
An astonishing innings from Daniel Hughes helped the Sydney Sixers chase down a target of 194 with one wicket and one ball to spare after Glenn Maxwell and Nicholas Pooran both smashed rapid half-centuries for the Melbourne Stars
India vs Australia: Ajinkya Rahane and team warmed-up for the third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.© BCCI/Twitter Ahead of the third Test against Australia, Team India on Tuesday held a full-fledged practice session with an eye on taking the lead in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The four-match series between India and Australia currently stands
News “He’s been cleared by all the medicos and he’s obviously gone through all the concussion protocols,” Langer says Will Pucovski has sought and received assurances from an independent neurologist about the long-term impacts of repeated concussions as he inches closer to a Test debut in one of the final two Tests against India in
Henry Nicholls soaks in the applause for his 7th Test century © Getty Images Lunch New Zealand 400 for 3 (Williamson 153*, Nicholls 138*) lead Pakistan 297 (Azhar 93, Jamieson 5-69) by 103 runs Hello, it’s lunch on day three. New Zealand are in a position from where they can win by batting just once
News Pakistan dropped more catches than they took, apart from leaking well over 50 extras On their way to a record partnership on the third day in Christchurch, Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls were dropped at least twice each, which helped them score a double-century and a century respectively, and demoralise Pakistan. Here are all
News He hurt the wrist on Saturday, during India’s practice session at the MCG India batsman KL Rahul has been ruled out of the remainder of the Australia Test series with a sprained left wrist. He had hurt the wrist on Saturday, during India’s practice session at the MCG. India have since flown to Sydney,
Report Sri Lanka hit back after 184-run stand between Elgar and Rassie van der Dussen Lunch South Africa 256 for 5 (Bavuma 7*, Mulder 7*) lead Sri Lanka 157 by 99 runs Sri Lanka clawed their way partially back into the second Test with four wickets for 23 runs in the second hour of day
News Seamer suggests 200-run target could be tricky for home side after first-innings collapse Vishwa Fernando has warned that Sri Lanka’s attack is ready to tear in again and give South Africa “a good challenge”, if their remaining batsmen can muster a fourt-innings target worthy of the name. Vishwa claimed his maiden Test five-for as
Report Defending champions CP need another 216 runs to win the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final Central Punjab 140 for 2 (Salahuddin 51*, Saad 27*, Iqbal 1-33) and 257 for 9 dec need another 216 runs to beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 312 and 300 Central Punjab made a decent start to the target of 356 as they need
News “Maybe from a mental point of view we lacked a little bit, or maybe we don’t trust our technique” Dean Elgar helped himself to a little tipple before bed after day one at the Wanderers – something many other South Africans who have failed to stock up would have been envious of as the
News BCB names 24-member unit to train ahead of home ODI series Bangladesh’s selectors picked a 24-man preliminary squad for the ODI series against West Indies later this month, but the one player they didn’t pick became the main talking point: Mashrafe Mortaza, the country’s highest wicket-taker in ODIs and longest-serving captain, was left out.
Brisbane Heat 5 for 175 (Burns 52, Denly 50, Sangha 3-40) beat Sydney Thunder 8 for 174 (Hales 46, Sams 37, Mujeeb 2-26, Steketee 2-34) by five wickets Fifties from Joe Burns and Joe Denly helped Brisbane Heat take all available points against second-placed Sydney Thunder and move to sixth on the table after seven
News Lack of preparation time and warm-up matches is ‘not ideal’, Anderson suggests James Anderson believes Sri Lanka may have a “slight advantage” going into their Test series against England later this month. With Sri Lanka playing a two-Test series in South Africa and England’s red-ball specialists having not played since August, Anderson accepts his
News Mir was in the PTC commentary box for the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final in Karachi Sana Mir, the former Pakistan women’s captain, has tested positive for Covid-19. Mir, who was in the PTV commentary box for the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam trophy final in Karachi, had showed symptoms of fever on day three, and subsequently underwent
News Luke Ronchi says period when Pakistan bowled part-timers changed momentum on Day 2 Mohammad Abbas admitted dropped catches by Pakistan that allowed New Zealand to surge into a position of dominance in the second Test proved to be “quite frustrating”. New Zealand were 286 for 3 at the end of the second day’s play
News “Both teams have wanted to play the schedule as we’ve set out” There has been “nothing formal from the BCCI” about India being reluctant to play the fourth and final Test in Brisbane, Nick Hockley, the chief executive of Cricket Australia, has said, adding that CA has been in “daily” touch with their counterparts
News Ali enters 10-day self-isolation period and appears certain to miss first Test Moeen Ali has tested positive for Covid-19 on arrival in Sri Lanka. England landed in Sri Lanka on Sunday, January 3 ahead of their two-Test series and were tested on arrival, with Ali’s result coming back positive. He will be required to
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The Hobart Hurricanes overcame a Glenn Maxwell KFC BBL onslaught to secure a 21-run win over the Melbourne Stars at Blundstone Arena
Jacques Kallis and Paul Harris were been re-employed by South Africa for the 2020-21 summer © Getty Images CSA’s affirmative action policy for hiring consultants has been placed in abeyance by the interim board, which also suspended new transformation targets last month. That means that South Africa can make use of white consultants should they